Poll of the Day > Cards Against Humanity steps up trolling by buying land to block border wall

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/11/15/cards-against-humanity-trump-border-wall/865187001/

Cards Against Humanity, a trollish company known for producing a semi-popular card game, has made headlines over its latest stunt: Buying up a piece of border land and hiring an eminent domain lawyer in an attempt to block the Great Wall of America.

See how the popular game 'Cards Against Humanity' plans to "save America." Video provided by Newsy Newslook

Cards Against Humanity, better known as the world's most inappropriate adult-card game, put President Trump in its sights with its latest promotion on Tuesday.

It pledged to give "six surprises" during the month of December to anyone who immediately donated $15 to its efforts noting that backers of the so-called "party game for horrible people" were attempting to "save America."

Not familiar with Cards Against Humanity? It's an easily played card game that costs $25 on sites such as Amazon.com. Players take turns reading a suggestion card/question and answering it with wildly inappropriate responses, which are listed on a series of cards drawn each round.

On Tuesday, visitors to the game's newly created website (cardsagainsthumanitysavesamerica.com) were greeted with the news that its creators were attempting to block Trump's plans to build a wall along the U.S. and Mexico border by buying a piece of land in the vicinity.

"Donald Trump is a preposterous golem who is afraid of Mexicans. He is so afraid he wants to build a twenty-billion dollar wall that everyone knows will accomplish nothing. So we've purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for that wall to get built," the website says.

Where is this vacant piece of land?

That's still unclear.

Anyone willing to cough up the $15 is promised an illustrated map of the land and "a few other surprises."

If you are wanting to get in on this action, you are likely already too late. A visit to the website a mere seven hours after an email was sent to anyone on Cards Against Humanity's mailing list shows that the anti-Trump gift packages are already sold out.

So what is 'Cards Against Humanity' saving America from?

Per its FAQ section, the answer is this: "Injustice, lies, racism. The whole enchilada."

This is not the first time the makers of the adult party game have tackled social issues or national politics. In July, they mocked gender stereotypes with a pink-only version of their popular card deck, proudly announcing that it would cost $5 more, merely because it was pink and targeted to women.

They have also sold specialty "supplemental packs" for card games, with the proceeds benefiting groups that support the legalization of marijuana, among other things.

Honestly, it's clever marketing if nothing else.
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G) I just smiled and went about my business.
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Entity13 posted...

G) I just smiled and went about my business.

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eminent domain almost never wins in favor of the citizen
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I laughed. Is this for real?
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Couldn't the wall just go around the property they bought?
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Semi-popular?

I'm just waiting for the fed govt. to attempt eminent domain over CaH's purchased border land, assuming Trump's wall plan goes through.
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Funny move but can't the government just put up an easement on it? (Assuming it ever actually gets through all the approvals and whatnot that is required)
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Ben111 posted...

Couldn't the wall just go around the property they bought?

I guess it's possible, but it poses logistical issues.

DistantMemory posted...

Semi-popular?

Is it not that popular?
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clever marketing if nothing else? that's literally all this is
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Muffinz0rz posted...

Funny move but can't the government just put up an easement on it? (Assuming it ever actually gets through all the approvals and whatnot that is required)

This is what I'm wondering.
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I don't expect an old man such as yourself to be aware of what's in with us young folks, but Cards Against Humanity is quite popular, not "semi-popular".

DistantMemory posted...

Semi-popular?

Is the game actually that popular outside of women? Ever time I play this game, it is because there is a group of women who want to play it. I, for one, do not really care for the game and fail to get the appeal.

JTekashiro posted...

DistantMemory posted...

Semi-popular?

Is the game actually that popular outside of women? Ever time I play this game, it is because there is a group of women who want to play it. I, for one, do not really care for the game and fail to get the appeal.

If anything I've found that there is a slant towards men wanting to play it, though I've played with quite a few members of both sexes.

Ben111 posted...

Couldn't the wall just go around the property they bought?

They could always build the wall under it.
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DistantMemory posted...

I don't expect an old man such as yourself to be aware of what's in with us young folks, but Cards Against Humanity is quite popular, not "semi-popular".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrlYPMWzmds
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And you're an old man who likes Family Guy. Even worse!

DistantMemory posted...

And you're an old man who likes Family Guy. Even worse!

You'd have to be old to like Family Guy. That hasn't been hip in 15 years.
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Cards against Humanity is only fun like the first and maybe second time you play it.
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Wouldn't they just be able to be hit with intent to harbour illegal immigrants by making a hole in the wall?
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So...they're trying to be Cards In Favor Of Humanity now? Or Cards Against American Sovereignty?
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quigonzel posted...

Hope they enjoy wasting taxpayer money in the future.

This. I mean, theres no way this is going to have a positive end result. The government will get its land and all theyre doing is possibly burning more public money than the wall already is. Fucking idiots.

I love a good prank, but this was not well thought out.
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DistantMemory posted...

And you're an old man who likes Family Guy. Even worse!

remember folks, if you people don't like it then it's not good....

btw, trolls are idiots and shouldn't be praised
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Just post two snipers up on each side of the land and wait

Maybe even live stream it so the public outrage of Mexicans getting shot while trying to illegally enter the country causes cards against humanity to fold and give the land to the government.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

Just post two snipers up on each side of the land and wait

Maybe even live stream it so the public outrage of Mexicans getting shot while trying to illegally enter the country causes cards against humanity to fold and give the land to the government.

Tough but fair.
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Yes

Shoot families dead. Good political views. Reasonable.
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They won't be shot unless they ILLEGALLY ENTER THE COUNTRY AND TAKE OUR JERRBBS
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I don't think the US government would have any trouble either expropriating the land or just building around it.

As long as we're on the subject of Cards Against Humanity, fuck that game. It presents itself as if it's a game of making clever quips but because you're limited to the cards you have and everyone is in the game mode of "is this reaaaaaaally the most clever joke possible?" it's just a half-assed simulacrum of what it's like to actually be funny.

Mildly amusing.
How is cards against humanity "semi" popular? It's very popular here.
I live in a county with no trump, no wall, and legal marihuana, so political stunts like this don't make much of an impact.

All you people crying about him saying semi popular: It is semi popular

MICHALECOLE posted...

All you people crying about him saying semi popular: It is semi popular

Seriously lol
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The real joke is that the wall is going to be built up to the property and it will be left open to be a nice gaping welcoming center for drug lords to murder anyone around the area.

to put it in perspective

Uno is far more popular than cah, and uno is only semi popular.

cah is literally only Internet popular
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